happen along

idiom

variants or happen by

US, literary + old-fashioned

: to come to or by a place by chance

He was about to leave when his old girlfriend happened by.

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Annually, seismologists clock about 900,000 earthquakes worldwide, but the vast majority happen along plate boundaries not found in the eastern and midwestern U.S., according to Michigan Technological University's Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences. —

Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025 But one day the same will happen along the journey with sport and individuals. —

Tomás Hill López-Menchero, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024 Unforeseen issues will happen along the way, which often does since retrogrades are times when unexpected circumstances happen. —

Lisa Stardust, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024 The world's most powerful earthquakes happen along subduction zones, where one tectonic plate slides beneath the other. —

David Bressan, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for happen along